Kiss me if you Dare, Anna S. [good books to read for 12 year olds .TXT] 📗

hand as I we moved out of the room. Louis came behind me grabbing my other hand and quickly came in front of me. The ceiling started to break off as it fell behind us. I turned seeing the building collapse bit by bit behind us.

            “This way!” Louis yells pulling me and Chloe behind him.  

            We ran past halls as the building continues to collapse. We stopped in front of a big white wall as it exploded in front of us becoming a huge hole. Louis waved us out, Chloe went first, when it came my turn, I felt my mom’s bracelet slide off my wrist. I looked back.

            “Elsa, come on!” Louis shouts.

            “My mother’s bracelet!” I yelled.

            “Elsa. You don’t have time this building is collapsing.”

            I refused to go as I walked back picking up my mother’s bracelet back in my hands. As I walked towards the exit as the ceiling collapse in front of me, I stood back.

            “Elsa!” Louis yells.

            I cough waving my hands in front of me as I continued to inhale dust.

            “I’m here.” I say softly.

            The piece of the ceiling exploded in front of me as Louis stood behind it. He grabbed my hand and pulled me before everything colluded behind me.  I fell on top of him on the ground at the side of the building.

            “Are you okay?” he asks pulling me up.

            “I’m fine.” I respond quietly removing myself from his arms.

            “Let’s go.” He heads for the woods as he grabbed my hands again. Chloe quickly grabbed my other hand as we ran in the woods.

            “Ugh. I need the…” I started.

            “You needed this?” Louis asks holding a small dark container in his hand.

            “Where’d you get that?” I asked.

            “Well I got inside to look for Chloe, but instead I found the PIC.” He smiles.

            “And instead, I found Chloe. I guess we went in opposite direction.” I finished picking up the container from his hand and sliding it into the secure front pocket of my jacket.

            When we reach the furthest part of the woods a big black wolf stopped in front of us. I pulled Chloe behind me as Louis pulled me behind him.

            “Edwin.” Louis starts as he looked seeing Seth in his werewolf form coming from behind. “Nice meeting you again. After hundreds of years, here you are stronger than ever.”

            Edwin growls, his eyes narrowed my way.

            “How flaring, I’ve been pretty well. You know, visiting everywhere in the world. I’ve been to Paris, and Rome.” Louis continues as he continues to block me and Chloe.

            Edwin moves his head and then snorts as if he was laughing. He quickly starts to run towards us. Louis pulled his hands up forward creating an invisible shield. Seth jumps onto Edwin’s side as they both started to fight. Everything happened in a split second. A few moments later Seth opens his mouth and sinks his teeth into Edwin’s neck as he let out a growl of cry. Seth shakes his head ripping pieces from Edwin’s neck. Soon after Edwin falls to the ground motionless. His body transforming back to human form. I kept quiet seeing Edwin dead in front of me. Chloe started to cry in panic. I hugged her removing her from the scene.

            Louis took Chloe in his arms leaving me alone with Seth. Seth’s golden eyes looked into mine as he passes in front of me.

            “I want you to leave me alone.” I say.

            He growls in argument.

            “You lied to me, Seth.” I turned as he came in front of me.

            He growled again but softer now like he meant I’m Sorry, Elsa.

            I shook my head. “Goodbye, Seth.” I cried walking away. When I looked back Seth stood there looking back at me. His eyes glowing in the darkness before disappearing into the woods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Chapter 17}

 

 

            When we reached my car, we made a camp fire and pulled out two camping tents up. I pulled out some things I had in my car to cook. Louis peeled off the crust of an orange as Chloe looked at her apple while eating. 

            “Chloe, do you know who I am?” I started.

            She nods softly. “You’re Elsa.” She says. “Right?”

            “Right. I uh… I visited your mother. She’s been worried sick about you.”

            “I missed mama. I wish I never went to pick out corn.” She says looking down at her red apple.

            “That’s Louis. He’s one of your ancestors.” I pointed towards Louis as he looks up at me.

            “I’m one of your great ancestors’ brother.” He corrects me.

            “Oh my. Really?” She says excited. “Do I get to live forever too?”

            I chuckled by her southern accent.

            “Yes you do.” Louis smiles. “But only if you never stop running.”

            “What was he like?”

            “Who?” He looks at her.

            “Your brother.” She tells him taking another bite of her apple.

            “He was an amazing brother, and a good dad.” Louis smiles to himself. “He was an honest man.”

            “Did he love his wife?”

            “Oh yes. He’d do anything for her. Even die for her.” He motions.

            “So, he died young?” Chloe asks as she yawned.

            “Your great grandfather was a brave man. He died for me, when it should’ve been me. I had no family. I had no wife. But he didn’t think of that, he thought of me.” He says traveling off.

            “He helped you escape.” I say realizing what he meant.

            “We both were. But he didn’t make it through.”

            “That is so sad.” Chloe responds yawning again.

            “Chloe, hun. You can go to bed.” I smiled.

            “I sure will. Ya’ll wont leave, right?” She smiles back.

            “We’ll be right out here. I’ll be sleeping next to you tonight.”

            She smiles and walks towards me. She bends down and gives me a tight hug.

            “Thank you so much.” She whispered. “You saved my life.”

            “Your welcome.” I hugged her.

            She did the same with Louis then walks inside the tent to rest.

            Louis sits next to me, his shoulders brushing against mine. He looks at me and then at his hands as he opens and closes them. He moved his finger into a circle as a daisy flower flies towards him. He picks it up and pulls it in front of me.

            “You were very good today.” He smiles.

            I smiled taking the daisy from his hand. “Thank you.” 

            “I’m sorry about Seth.” He tells me.

            “No. You were right. I should’ve listened to you.” I say looking down at the daisy.

            “I realized you can do more then just see the past and the future, Elsa.”

            “I know. I can make other people see what I see.” I answered.

            “You made Seth see his mother.”

            I nod feeling guilty of it. I knew it would hurt him but I had to because Dr. Russell and Edwin tricked him and maybe someday I’ll forgive him. He betrayed me and that’s all I thought about right now.

            “What you going to do when you get back?” I asked.

            “Travel around.”

            “If you ever feel like you want a family. You are always welcome to come live with me and my sister.”

            He chuckles. “I’m way done with school.”

            “I’m saying it’s good to interact with people. To be around people.”

            “It’s not good to be so attached to humans. You see, someday they’ll move on with their lives, grow old, have children, have a career, but you.” He pauses. “You’re just here, stuck the same. Never changing, never growing old. You’re just seventeen. Then you have to move so people won’t notice that you’re not changing like they are. You’ll have to let go of people you become so attached to.” He looks over at me. “I don’t do well with humans for that reason, Elsa.”

            A short silence. “I’m sorry. I thought of it that way.”

            He was right someday Catherin will be gone, god I couldn’t think of that. But someday everyone I know will grow old and die while I’ll be stuck the way I am.

            “It’s how life is for us now.” He smirks. “I’m used to it.”

            “I need to get use to it.” I say looking down at my hands seeing a flicker of light rise up to my fingers and then disappear.

            Silence flew in for a few seconds. Louis looks over at me and then back down.  

            “Elsa.” He starts.

“Yea?” I turn to him.

 “I feel a connection to you.”

            “Me too.” I admit.

            He turned to me as our faces were inches away. He smiles with his eyes as they burned into mine. He leans forward as our lips softly touches. His hot breath flew inside my mouth as we moved. I pulled my hands to the back of his head as we kissed. I pulled myself back looking at him as he looked at me awkwardly.

            “I’m sorry.” I say slowly turning away.

            “No. I’m sorry.” He tells me.

            “Louis, I feel a different type of connection.” I confessed.

            “I know.” He paused.

            “I’m going to bed.” I lean in and kissed the side of his cheek.

            “Goodnight.” He says.

            “Goodnight.” I smiled as walking into the tent where Chloe was sound asleep.

 

 

 

            “Oh my baby!” Alice shouts from the front porch as she caught the sight of her daughter.

            “Mama!” Chloe runs to her mother hugging her tightly.

            “Look at you, so big now.” Alice cries.

            “I know, I’m thirteen now.”

            Alice chuckles. “Yes.” She touches her daughter’s cheeks. “Yes you are my dear.” 

            Alice looks at me standing there watching her and Chloe.

            “Thank you so much.” She walks towards me and hugged me.

            “Your welcome, Ms. James.” I smiled hugging her.

            “You brought my baby back.” She holds my hands.

            “Now you don’t have to worry about anyone stealing her. She’s safe now.” I smiled as I told her. “I got to go now. Have a wonderful life Ms. James.”

            “May god bless you, Child. You’re a good person.”

            “Thank you.” I say getting into my car. On the passengers seat Louis sat there watching Chloe enter back into her home as Alice pulled her arms around her daughter’s shoulders.

            “You okay?” I asked looking at him.

            “Yea. I just miss some old times.”

            “She’s safe now.” I smiled.

            “I know.” He smiled back as I drove off.

            I drove towards his old wooden house down the farm. We got out as I stood in front of him. He smiled at me, hands in his pocket and hair stretched back.

            “Were here. You know, if you change your mind. My house is open.” I smiled back.

            “I’ll think about it.” He hugged me. “I promise.”

            I looked at him as I got inside my car. I know he would think about it, I didn’t know where he planned to go next or where he plans to spend the rest of his eternal life. Seeing him stand there reminded how I felt when we left Catherin. My connection to him burned deeper than what I felt for Seth. This isn’t over. Our journey isn’t completely finished, Louis and I will someday come back together and maybe be a team. Someday I know he’ll come to find me, and maybe I’ll go find him. It all depends on the further future and I’m counting on it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

{Chapter 18}

 

 

            I spent the next two weeks doing nothing but going to school and then home. Seth really hurt me and I felt empty without him. He didn’t show up to school at all. Catherin was returning from Japan today, she heard about my break up with Seth and she knew how hurt I sounded through the phone when I didn’t want to talk about it. I sat on the couch switching through the channels on the TTV as the door rumble open. I looked up seeing Catherin stand by the door waiting for me to run